Liberia Cannot Afford Land Fraud At the Top

Liberia’s land sector has once again fallen into a crisis of confidence, this time not caused by petty actors or local schemers, but by the very official entrusted to protect the nation’s most sensitive and conflict-prone asset. The revelation that Liberia Land Authority (LLA) Chairman Samuel F. Kpakio signed a development grant deed naming two different owners, violated a presidential moratorium, bypassed a legally required community consent process, used a private surveyor on public land, and…